News on the topic: appeal
21.03.2012 Andrei Bandarenka sues Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Defence
On March 20, Andrei Bandarenka received an official reply from the military enlistment office of the town of Kirau. The reply reads he is not subject to the draft.
19.03.2012 Baranavichy activist appeals prosecutor’s warnings
Baranavichy civil activist Ryhor Hryk has lodged a complaint with Prosecutor General’s Office contesting a number of warnings issued against the activist by Baranavichy city and Brest regional prosecutors.
16.03.2012 Ministry of Education: warnings to students “contribute to the exercise of right to education”
Aliaksandr Saldatsenka, activist of the European Belarus opposition movement expelled from Minsk State Linguistic University for involvement in rallies of solidarity with political prisoners, has received replies from the Ministry of Education and Minsk Partyzanski District Prosecutor’s Office concerning a warning issued by the University rector Mrs. Natallia Baranava.
28.02.2012 Homel activist reiterates demand to review appeal
Homel resident Ihar Sluchak has lodged another complaint with the Supreme Court Chairman Valiantsin Sukala, urging him to review the administrative arrest for alleged disorderly conduct in late August 2011.
27.02.2012 Homel human rights defenders appeal freedom of assembly abuse at UN Human Rights Committee
On 27 February, Homel human rights defenders Anatol Paplauny and Leanid Sudalenka submitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee, arguing that their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly were violated by Belarus.
23.02.2012 Minsk court turns down appeal by Gay Pride activists
Minsk City Court has dismissed a complaint lodged by the organizers of Gay Pride held on 22 October 2011, Radio Racyja reports.
22.02.2012 Salihorsk prosecuting authorities refuse to protect freedom of assembly
Salihorsk district prosecutor’s office dismissed without a hearing a claim by local pro-democratic activist Uladzimir Shyla against groundless picket bans imposed by the district executive committee.
20.02.2012 Hrodna resident appeals fine for refusing fingerprinting
On 20 February, Hrodna resident Ruslan Piatsko lodged an appeal with Hrodna Regional Court against a BYR 700,000 fine for refusing to undergo fingerprinting back on 10 February.
20.02.2012 Babruisk activist appeals fine at Supreme Court
Babruisk resident Artsiom Markhasiou has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court, after his complaint against a BYR 700,000 fine was dismissed by Mahiliou Regional Court.
16.02.2012 Baranavichy Ukrainian minority activist appeals arrogation charges
On 16 February, Baranavichy entrepreneur Mikalai Charnavus lodged a complaint with Brest Regional Court, appealing 10 February conviction for alleged usurpation of power during the creation of the Kobzar Ukrainian minority association.
16.02.2012 Vitsebsk opposition activists appeal fines
Vitsebsk opposition activists Tatsiana Seviarynets and Iryna Yaskevich have lodged supervisory appeals against a court ruling sentencing them to fines for alleged violation of Mass Events Code during the arrangement of the so-called People’s Assembly back on 8 October 2011.
07.02.2012 For Freedom Brest leader appeals verdict by district court
Dzianis Turchaniak, coordinator of Brest office of the For Freedom movement, has lodged a cassational appeal against a ruling by Brest Leninski District Court, which dismissed the activist’s claim on allegedly illegal actions by deputy chair of the city’s executive committee, the Novy Chas newspaper reports.
07.02.2012 18 protests banned in Salihorsk in 2012
Eighteen mass events have been banned by Salihorsk town authorities since the beginning of the year alone, with six more pickets banned on 2 February, local human rights defender Uladzimir Shyla says.
07.02.2012 Mahiliou Regional Court upholds verdict to Babruisk resident
On 6 February, Babruisk resident Artsiom Markhasiou received an official ruling by Mahiliou Regional Court on his appeal against a 700,000-fine for alleged violation of the Mass Events Code requirements of 22 December.
07.02.2012 Human rights defender Aleh Vouchak appeals arrest
In his appeal against a four-day arrest for alleged using of foul language on 30 January, Aleh Vouchak, leader of the Kyiv-based Legal Assistance to Citizens Foundation, argues that the court ruling by Judge Aliaksandr Yakunchykhin is “illegal and groundless”, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
